Imphal, March 23 Four militants of the banned United National Liberation Front (P) (UNLF-Pambei) outfit and two members of the radical Meitei group “Arambai Tenggol” were arrested by the Manipur Police after a violent clash between the two groups in Manipur's Imphal East district, the police said on Sunday.
A police officer said that the security forces arrested two Arambai Tenggol (AT) members from Moirangkampu Sajed Awang Leikai areas in connection with the Saturday's clash between AT and UNLF (P) at Kongpal Khong in Imphal East district. The detainees were identified as Kshetrimayum Nikhil Singh (28) and Yumnam Pringanba Singh (23).
Raids are ongoing to arrest other accused involved in the Saturday's violent clash in which four UNLF (P) cadres were injured and these four militants have been already apprehended on Saturday. The four injured UNLF (P) cadres are now undergoing medical treatment at a hospital.
On Saturday, 15-20 members of AT barged into the residence of a UNLF (P) militant, identified as Irengbam Nandakumar Singh (56), in Kongpal Chingangbam Leikai and attacked insurgents of the Imphal Valley-based outfit leading to serious injury to four cadres of the outfit.
Soon after the incident the, the security forces raided an office of AT in Khurai area in in Imphal East district and seized three cars, 15 gm of suspected heroin, eight bulletproof plates, three wireless handsets, an INSAS bayonet, two .303 bayonets, two swords and other incriminating documents.
The controversial Meitei radical group Arambai Tenggol had been at the leading role in the ethnic violence between the Meitai and the Kuki-Zo-Hmar since May 2023.
Responding to Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla's appeal for returning looted and illegally held arms, the Arambai Tenggol cadres have returned 246 sophisticated firearms and a huge cache of ammunition and other war-like materials last month in Imphal.
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